30 Jul 1941
- A committee consisted of US Treasury, State, and Justice Department officials granted an exception of the rule to freeze Japanese national assets so that Tatsuta Maru's owners could withdraw enough funds to pay for fuel for a return trip to Japan. ww2dbase [Tatsuta Maru | CPC]
- Bremse was attacked by British Albacore torpedo bombers and Fulmar fighters of carrier HMS Victorious, but the aircraft caused no damage. ww2dbase [Bremse | CPC]
- Alpino Bagnolini sighted a destroyer in the Atlantic Ocean at 0030 hours and escaped in the darkness. ww2dbase [Alpino Bagnolini | CPC]
- British submarine HMS Cachalot was scuttled during an engagement with Italian torped boat Generale Achille Papa in the Mediterranean Sea north of Benghazi, Libya. ww2dbase [Cachalot (Grampus-class) | HM]
- Harry Hopkins arrived in Moscow, Russia. ww2dbase [Harry Hopkins | Moscow | AC]
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